I found out that if I reload this conky (and only this one, ie not using bl-conky-session), it goes where I want it to go. That's how I got the first screenshot.

So, I have two ways of dealing with this issue : either make this conky reload automatically when opening a session, or find a way to overlapping the openbox margins.

The first one may have to do with ~/.config/openbox/autostart, but I don't know what to type there and where to type it.

About the second one, I tried a lot of things with own_window_hints and own_window_type (and a few other ones), with no result. I thought that own_window_type panel (or dock, I can't see the difference) might be a good idea (with removing openbox margins), but for an unknown reason with this one change on the conky file my desktop then looks like this (geany is supposed to be maximized on the screenshot) :

Although fully understanding what is messed up is not my priority, it could definitely help.

Re: Conky outside of the maximized window area

I thought that own_window_type panel (or dock, I can't see the difference) might be a good idea (with removing openbox margins), but for an unknown reason with this one change on the conky file my desktop then looks like this (geany is supposed to be maximized on the screenshot) :

With own_window_type set to panel or dock, conky will be placed in the openbox dock and gets a border. Looks like the dock is set to be at the top of the screen. You can move the dock to the bottom of the screen and the conky should move with it.

Re: Conky outside of the maximized window area

So, I have two ways of dealing with this issue : either make this conky reload automatically when opening a session, ...

You might be able to do that by re-ordering the applications in the openbox autostart file. Have conky start last after xfdesktop; may need to tinker with sleep times for the conky so it starts long enough after xfdesktop.

Re: Conky outside of the maximized window area

PackRat wrote:

You might be able to do that by re-ordering the applications in the openbox autostart file. Have conky start last after xfdesktop; may need to tinker with sleep times for the conky so it starts long enough after xfdesktop.

I do not need to load all of my conkys after xfdesktop. I need to re-load one of my four conkys after everything is loaded.

I don't know why, I just found out that this is working when I do it manually. I expect it to work automatically and I am looking for a way to do it.

PackRat wrote:

With own_window_type set to panel or dock, conky will be placed in the openbox dock and gets a border. Looks like the dock is set to be at the top of the screen. You can move the dock to the bottom of the screen and the conky should move with it.

I can't move the conky this way if you mean "move" like "drag'n drop". Besides, the alignment bl stays so I don't know why this conky moves itself on top, nor do I know why it moves my other windows on the right part of the screen when they are supposed to be maximized.

Re: Conky outside of the maximized window area

I don't know why, I just found out that this is working when I do it manually. I expect it to work automatically and I am looking for a way to do it.

Suggested to me you knew the command. My apologies.The file it needs to go at the end of can be accessed from the menu Preferences > Openbox > Edit autostart.

As for what the command is.. I'm afraid I don't know myself, and

man conky

is a tad long to pick out the details from given I don't need to know myself since I don't usually switch from the default config, much less create & run multiple conkys.

Hopefully one of the conky experts will pass by.. I tried looking at the menu entry for restarting conky.. but it's one of those damned pipemenu things, & right now I can't recall where bunsen hides the scripts for those & whatever gets done gets done in said script.

Re: Conky outside of the maximized window area

Bearded_Blunder wrote:

I tried looking at the menu entry for restarting conky.. but it's one of those damned pipemenu things, & right now I can't recall where bunsen hides the scripts for those & whatever gets done gets done in said script.

It can be a bit tedious to track down, yes, but just for future reference:

Look at ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml to find the command. In this case it's bl-conky-pipemenu. They're all in /usr/bin but you can check:

Re: Conky outside of the maximized window area

^ damo, that's very clunky but a good step closer to what op wants (who apparently insists on being spoonfed).anyhow, pkill can issue the same signals as kill, so it IS possible to reload only one conky.